Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia
Born	Salvatore Loggia (1930-01-03) January 3, 1930 Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Education	Wagner College
Alma mater	University of Missouri
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1953–present
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Sloan (1954-1981) Audrey O'Brien (1982–present)
Children	3 children (and 1 stepdaughter)
Awards	Saturn Award (1988)

Robert Loggia (born Salvatore Loggia; January 3, 1930) is an American actor and director.

Early life

Loggia, an Italian American, was born on Staten Island, the son of Benjamin Loggia, a shoemaker, and Elena Blandino, a homemaker, both of whom were born in Sicily, Italy. After studying at Wagner College and journalism at the University of Missouri (class of 1951) and serving in the U.S. Army, Loggia began a long career as a supporting player in movies, on stage and television.

Career

Loggia was a radio and TV anchor in Southern Command Network in the Panama Canal Zone. Loggia first came to prominence playing the real-life American lawman Elfego Baca in a series of Walt Disney TV shows in 1958. He starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good in a short-lived series called T.H.E. Cat. In 1972, he played Frank Carver on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm. His many television credits include appearances on Frasier, The Bionic Woman, Overland Trail, Target: The Corruptors!, The Eleventh Hour, Breaking Point, Combat!, Custer, Columbo, Ellery Queen, High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, "Big Valley, "Rawhide, "Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files (three times as three different characters), Magnum, P.I., Quincy ME, Kojak, Hawaii Five-0, The Sopranos, Monk, Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms and Little House on the Prairie.

His film roles include An Officer and a Gentleman, Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, based on the Air New Zealand Flight 103 incident, Scarface, Prizzi's Honor, Over The Top, Independence Day, Necessary Roughness, Return to Me, Armed and Dangerous, and Big (for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor).

In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller Jagged Edge. He was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI, a follow up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son. Loggia appeared as mobsters in multiple films including Sykes in Disney's Oliver & Company (1988), Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli in John Landis' Innocent Blood and Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) and The Don's Analyst (1997).

In 1998, Loggia appeared in a television commercial lampooning obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend. Robert Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "Whoa, Robert Loggia!" The commercial was later referenced in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor" (for which he received his second Emmy nomination); Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp. In a similar vein, Loggia has been parodied on an episode of the show Family Guy titled "Peter's Two Dads." Loggia also played a violent mobster named Feech La Manna on a few episodes of the series The Sopranos.

In addition to his role in Oliver & Company (1988), Loggia has had several other voice acting roles. A recurring role on the Adult Swim animated comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor, as crooked cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, as Admiral Petrarch in FreeSpace 2, as the narrator of the Scarface: The World is Yours game adaptation, and in the anime movie A Dog of Flanders (1997).

In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one of Apple's Get a Mac advertisements. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game.

On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia joined the cast of the TNT series Men of a Certain Age. The role had him teaming up again with his Necessary Roughness co-star Scott Bakula.

In 2010, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.

On December 17, 2011, Loggia was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and humanitarian efforts.

In 2012, Loggia portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The Apostle Peter and the Last Supper.

Partial filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Frankie Peppo	(uncredited)
1957	The Garment Jungle	Tulio Renata
1958	Cop Hater	Detective Steve Carelli
	The Lost Missile	Dr. David Loring
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Joseph
1966	The Three Sisters	Solyony
	Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law	Elfego Baca
1969	Che!	Faustino Morales
1977	First Love	John March
	Speedtrap	Spillano
1974	Turn the Other Cheek	Marches Gonzaga	Billed as Roberto Loggia
1978	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Al Marchione
1980	The Ninth Configuration	Lt. Bennish
	Piedone d'Egitto	Barns
1981	S.O.B.	Herb Maskowitz
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Byron Mayo
	Trail of the Pink Panther	Bruno Langois
1983	Psycho II	Dr. Bill Raymond
	Curse of the Pink Panther	Bruno Langois
	Scarface	Frank Lopez
1985	Prizzi's Honor	Eduardo Prizzi
	Jagged Edge	Sam Ransom
1986	Armed and Dangerous	Michael Carlino
	That's Life!	Father Baragone
1987	Over the Top	Jason Cutler
	Hot Pursuit	Mac MacClaren
	The Believers	Lt. Sean McTaggert
	Gaby: A True Story	Michel
	Amazon Women on the Moon	Gen. McCormick	(uncredited)
1988	Big	Mr. MacMillan	Won Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Oliver and Company	Sykes	Voice
1989	Relentless	Bill Malloy
	Triumph of the Spirit	Father Arouch
1990	Opportunity Knocks	Milt
1991	The Marrying Man	Lew Horner
	Necessary Roughness	Coach Wally Rig
1992	Gladiator	Pappy Jack
	Spies Inc.	Mac
	Innocent Blood	Sallie "The Shark" Macelli
1994	Bad Girls	Frank Jarrett
	The Last Tattoo	Cmdr. Conrad Dart
	I Love Trouble	Matt, Chronicle Editor
1995	Coldblooded	Gordon
	Man With a Gun	Philip Marquand
1996	Independence Day	General William Grey
1997	Lost Highway	Mr. Eddy
1999	Return to Me	Angelo Pardipillo
	Joan Of Arc	Father Monet
2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Tommy Schlaaang

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film/TV Show	Result
1986	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jagged Edge	Nominated
1988	CableACE Award	Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8	Nominated
	Golden Precolumbian Circle Award	Best Actor	Gaby: A True Story	Won
1990	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor	Big	Won
	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Mancuso, FBI	Nominated
2001		Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Malcolm in the Middle	Nominated

External links

• Robert Loggia at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Loggia at the Internet Broadway Database
• Robert Loggia at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Robert Loggia at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection